Defying Pope, US bishops cling to fossil fuels

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Hundreds of Catholic institutions around the globe have announced plans to divest their finances of oil, gas and coal to help fight climate change at the urging of Pope Francis. But in the United States, where about a quarter of the population is Catholic, not a single diocese shows signs of relinquishing fossil fuel assets. Rachel Graham reports.

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